AIE Sydney - Dispatchable Renewable Electricity Generation Options

Venue: Herbert Smith Freehills

Date: Tue 30 Oct 2018 @ 5:15pm for 5:30pm start to 7:30pm

AIE Sydney - Dispatchable Renewable Electricity Generation Options

Dispatchable electricity generation is the new frontier for renewables. The electricity system needs a significantamount of dispatchable generation to complement and balance the increasing share of variable renewablegeneration. To better understand the renewable options, the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)commissioned a team lead by the ITP Energised Group (ITP) working with The Institute of Sustainable Futures(ISF) and ITK consulting (ITK) to compare technology combinations that are commercially available at largescale. Combinations studied were wind and /or PV driven; batteries, pumped hydro and hydrogen production.These were also compared with bioenergy, concentrating solar thermal and geothermal. Costs of installationand cost of energy and other aspects were compared as a function of hours of delivery or storage.

AIE Sydney Branch is pleased to present three of the lead authors of this important report to discuss the reportand policy and market implications:

Keith Lovegrove has worked in Renewable energy systems engineering, research and policy advocacy since1987, including 15 years teaching at the ANU as leader of the Solar Thermal Group.